Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सायंप्रातः परो भूत्वा चतुर्मासान्सदा नयेत् । अग्निष्टोमस्य यज्ञस्य स फलं लभते नरः

Transliteration

sāyaṃprātaḥ paro bhūtvā caturmāsānsadā nayet | agniṣṭomasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ labhate naraḥ

Translation

ఎవడు సాయంకాలం మరియు ప్రాతఃకాలంలో విశేష పవిత్రతతో ఉండి, నిరంతరం చాతుర్మాస్య వ్రతాన్ని ఆచరిస్తాడో, వాడు అగ్నిష్టోమ యజ్ఞఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు।

Word by Word

• सायंप्रातः: in the evening and in the morning
• सायंप्रातः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सायम् (अव्यय) + प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-द्वन्द्व (copulative indeclinable compound), कालवाचक-अव्यय (time adverbs)

• परो: devoted/intent (lit. ‘higher’, earnest)
• परो: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Kriya (Auxiliary action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having become)

• चतुर्मासान्: four months
• चतुर्मासान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या) + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• नयेत्: should observe/should pass (them)
• नयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अग्निष्टोमस्य: of the Agniṣṭoma
• अग्निष्टोमस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अग्नि + स्तोम)

• यज्ञस्य: of the sacrifice
• यज्ञस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• फलं: fruit/result
• फलं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man/person
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Māhātmya-style narration in Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn and dusk, a devotee performs purification and lamp-offering, maintaining cāturmāsya; a subtle sacrificial fire altar appears symbolically, indicating Agniṣṭoma fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Agniṣṭoma
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Daily purity and regular practice at sacred times (dawn and dusk) elevate a vow into sacrifice-like spiritual power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific site is not named in the verse; the focus is the vrata’s merit within the Māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintaining disciplined conduct at dawn and dusk while observing Cāturmāsya; the reward is stated as Agniṣṭoma-yajña fruit.